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Figure 28. — Detail of stockade post arrangement, Hosterman site. 



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The stockade (fig. 28) appeared on the village side of the ditch 

 alined in two rows; remnants of several of the original posts were 

 still in place. Contact was made with the tops of the postholes at a 

 depth of 2.5 feet beneath the present surface. The average interval 

 between posts was about a foot. The average diameter of the holes 

 was 0.8 foot, but the larger holes measured slightly over 2.0 feet in 

 diameter. In a number were found sections of bones and several 

 stones that were used to wedge the post firmly in place. Whether the 



